to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
explosion; rupture; break off
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
dam; weir; barrier; sluice
top (of a mountain); summit; peak; height; orgasm; climax
to muffle one's voice; to speak (or sob, etc.) quietly
sobbing; weeping; fit of crying
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
ripening (of a crop); crop; harvest
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
fall; sinking; surrender; capitulation
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
apathy; lassitude; lethargy; languor
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
to have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with
feeling of transparency; sense of translucence
picturesque; pictorial; graphic
turns and twists; ups and downs; meandering; complications; vicissitudes
firm; strong; solid; stable
awareness that somebody will be hard to deal with; awareness that one is not good at something; (feeling) not up to doing something
to be content; to have enough; to be happy; to be sufficient; to be satisfied
substitution; replacement; shifting; change
brilliance; luster; lustre; vividness; life
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
foresight; foreknowledge; divination
anyone can see that; it's obvious that
form (as opposed to substance); formality; method; system; format; mode
to unfold; to unroll; to open
apparent; obvious; very clear
dramatic; exciting; touching; extreme
all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever
cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae